GSTN to rope in private entities for tax payer profiling, fraud analytics
GST
Dated:- 7-5-2018
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) GST Network has invited bids from private entities for "360-degree" profiling of taxpayers for early detection of fraud as it seeks to transform into an end-to-end platform for checking GST evasion, from being just a tax collection portal.
The analytics company to be roped in will have the mandate for designing and developing a Fraud Analytics System.
GST Network has however barred Infosys from bidding for the project to avoid conflict of interest.
The system will take about an year to be operational and leverage existing data pertaining to GST registration, return filing and e-way bill, along with
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t; said the RFP.
It would also establish taxpayer's risk profile by analysing information on purchasers and sellers as part of returns data, whether the taxpayer deals with sensitive or evasion prone commodities, history of the owner of the company as well as rapid change of promoters, among others.
The company, to be appointed for 6 years, would also be required to suggest ways to prevent revenue leakages and forecast revenue growth and other econometric analysis for policy formation.
It can also suggest changes in laws, rules/ procedures based on fraud detection to plug loopholes and identify material/evidences which may be shared with tax authorities for prosecution of fraudulent taxpayers.
To ensure that there is no conflict of
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banks, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Shops and Establishments Department, other Government and non-government agencies etc. which will be integrated with the GST fraud analytics system," it added.
To ensure full confidentiality of data, GSTN has mandated that the eligible bidder would have to ensure a separate section within their office premises for undertaking the fraud analytics project.
GSTN may also place one or two of its employee there for monitoring.
"GSTN may, in case required, provide desktops and laptops for day-to-day operations for carrying out fraud analytics," said the RFP.
Besides, the people involved in the project would not be allowed to "carry any storage device such as USB sticks etc. to GSTN pre
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